Where are Darwin’s Predicted Fossils? The discovery of DNA has revolutionized the world of forensic evidence. Cold case files have been reopened. Criminals who thought they had beaten the system have been belatedly prosecuted by a swab of saliva or body fluids forgotten about for decades. And in some instances, the new evidence has exonerated …
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64406.1 Endnotes
The Case of the Missing Links 1. Michael Boulter, Extinction: Evolution and the End of Man (London: Columbia University Press 2005). 2. Niles Eldredge, Reinventing Darwin (London: Phoenix Giant, 1995), 33. 3. Wim Kayzer, “A Glorious Accident” (New York: Freeman, 1997), 92. 4. Charles Darwin, Origin of Species, 6th ed. (New York: University Press, 1988), 413. 5. Steven Stanley, Macroevolution (San Francisco: Freeman, …
64407 7. The Human Enigma
Are Humans the Result of Evolution? Scientific evidence indicates human beings are a unique species that is far superior to any species existing today or in the past. In the movie, Planet of the Apes, Astronaut Leo Davidson is on a routine reconnaissance space mission in the year 2029, when suddenly his pod cruiser is thrust …
64407.1 Endnotes
The Human Enigma 1. Quoted in Lee Strobel, The Case for a Creator (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004), 62. 2. Ibid. 63. 3. Stephen Jay Gould, The Panda’s Thumb, (W. W. Norton & Company, 1980), 126. 4. R. C. Lewontin, Human Diversity, (Scientific American Library, 1995), 163. 5. Ian Tattersall, The Fossil Trail: How We Know What We Think We …
64408 8. Imagine the Designer
Is a Designer Revealed in Creation? The universe not only implies the existence of a designer but suggests something about what he might be like. In the movie Contact, Jodi Foster portrays Ellie Arroway, a beautiful young scientist obsessed with finding intelligent life on other planets. One day, as Ellie monitors radio transmissions from space, a …
64408.1 Endnotes
Imagine the Designer 1. Fred Hoyle, “Let There Be Light,” Engineering and Science (November 1981). 2. Quoted in John Boslough, Stephen Hawking’s Universe (New York: Avon, 1989), 109. 3. Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time, 174. 4. George Greenstein, The Symbiotic Universe (New York: William Morrow, 1988), 27. 5. Paul Davies, God and the New Physics (New York: Simon & Schuster, Touchstone, 1984), …
65701 1. Life’s Many Stresses
Rachel was a bundle of nerves. She could not sit still for long. She would often pace the floor. She tossed and turned in bed at night, unable to sleep. Her family and friends wondered what was wrong with her. More and more, she would, for no apparent reason, suddenly break off a conversation, turn …
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65702 2. Self-Discovery
Jack and Ann met at a college football game and started dating soon after their initial meeting. In walking Ann to class and in taking her to parties and games, Jack discovered some things about this woman. He quickly learned that she was a very neat person. Her clothes fit perfectly and were never wrinkled. …
65703 3. After Discovery…What?
What is your reaction when a friend comes to you and says, “I want to be honest with you, there’s something about you that I need to tell you”? Most of us dread this type of interaction. If your friend has a compliment, you are only too glad to have him say it; you don’t …